Brother QL-720NW - Manual (Page 33)

ESC/P Command Reference
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5. Control Command Details
ESC P Apply pica pitch (10 cpi)
ASCII: ESC P
Decimal: 27 80
Hexadecimal: 1B 50
Parameters
None
Description
 Prints the subsequent text with the pica pitch (10 characters/inch).
 The character spacing is 30 dots (=300 dots/10 characters).
 If the character width is 30 dots or less, the character spacing is specified as 30 minus the character width.
 If the character width exceeds 30 dots, the character spacing is specified as the character width.
(The spacing between characters is 0 dot.)
In this case, the pitch does not exactly equal the pica pitch.
 With double-width characters, the character spacing is doubled (60 dots).
 With half-width characters, the character spacing is halved (15 dots).
 When the character spacing is changed with ESC SP, the setting is updated.
 This command is invalid when proportional pitch is selected.
 In outline fonts, the spacing between characters is 0 dot.
Full Width Double Width Half Width
Setting (dots)
24 32 48 24 32 48 24 32 48
Brougham 11 16 26 22 32 52 6 8 13
Letter Gothic
Bold
10 14 22 20 28 44 5 7 11
Brussels 25 35 56 50 70 112 13 18 28
Helsinki 21 28 44 42 56 88 11 14 22
Wid
th (dot
s)
San Diego 24 35 57 48 70 114 12 18 29
The above table refers to characters with a fixed pitch. (Applying styles may increase the size.)
Example
For a 24-dot font at full width:
Ａ Ｂ
6 dots
24 dots
Ａ Ｂ
48 dots
12 dots
Full width Double width